Let's think through pot legalization (column)

2:00 PM,
Feb. 11, 2014

Written by

Peter Hetland
Post-Crescent Community Columnist

Maybe most of us in the Fox Valley are just contrary folks. Maybe we're just backward and not keeping up with the times. Or it's possible that we have insights that would be valuable to the rest of the country.

A recent Post-Crescent poll had interesting results on an issue in which the majority of us appear to be going against the grain of other parts of the country.

Even though federal law prohibits it, there is a trend in states, starting with Colorado and Washington, toward legalization of recreational marijuana. Two of our neighboring states, Minnesota and Illinois, are considering ...